Issuing authority
Kingdom of Bohemia
Central European kingdom, home of the Joachimsthal silver that gave the thaler its name.
- Kind
- kingdom
- Region
- Central Europe, Europe
- Recorded period
- 1198 – 1918
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
Published entries
6
Individual types and documented families
With photographs
100%
6 with a credited real-object photo
Dated span
1519 – 1757
6 entries with their own date
Verified or well documented
0
Highest two confidence levels
Catalogue entries (6)
Filter these entries by era, material or confidenceSorted by date, earliest first.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Taler of Lord Stefan Schlik from Joachimsthal
1519 - 1523
Silver coin. Obverse: between the letters S and I, Saint Joachim, standing, facing, holding a staff in his left hand and a coat of arms to the right. Reverse: rampant lion with double tail facing left. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1328; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal…
Partial type record
NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet
modern coins
Joachimsthaler silver thaler
from 1520
The Joachimsthaler is a large silver coin originally struck in the Kingdom of Bohemia, then ruled alongside Hungary by Louis II of the Jagiellonian dynasty. Production was undertaken using silver extracted by the Counts of Schlick from rich deposits near Joachimsthal, modern Jáchymov in the Czech Republic. Following…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Double taler (double three-emperors taler) from Bohemia of Rudolf II, with the heads of Maximilian I, Charles V and Ferdinand I, German Emperors
1590
Obverse: bust of three men with crowns within legend. Reverse: double-headed eagle with coat of arms within legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-481; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.2 cm x weight 58.3 g.
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Three kreuzer, emergency coin from Prague in the name of Maria Theresa, struck during the siege
1754
Obverse: bust of a woman with diadem facing right within legend. Reverse: crowned double-headed eagle with coat of arms on breast; below it: indication of value in cartouche within legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-496; its record gives material recorded as tin (metal); technique strik…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Kreuzer, emergency coin from Prague in the name of Maria Theresa, struck during the siege by the Prussians
1757
Obverse: bust of a woman with diadem facing right within legend. Reverse: crowned double-headed eagle with coat of arms on breast; below it: indication of value in cartouche within legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-497; its record gives material recorded as tin (metal); technique strik…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Twenty kreuzer, emergency coin from Prague in the name of Maria Theresa, struck during the siege by the Prussians
1757
Pewter coin. Obverse: bust of a woman with diadem facing right within a palm and laurel branch tied into a wreath and within circumscription. Reverse: crowned double-headed eagle with coat of arms on its breast, standing on an altar between a palm and laurel branch; on base of altar: value indication within circumsc…
Partial type record
Dated entries by century
- 16th century3
- 18th century3
Only the 6 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.
Materials recorded in the physical descriptions
- Zinc3
- Silver2
An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.
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